Irena Dworakowska Explained

Irena Dworakowska
Birth Date:1941
Nationality:Polish
Fields:Entomology
Known For:Typhlocybinae taxonomy and names

Irena Dworakowska (born 1941) is a Polish entomologist who specialized in hemipterology.[1]

Career

She was active at the Uniwersytet Warszawski, Museum and Institute of Zoology of Polish Academy of Sciences and University of British Columbia in Vancouver.[2]

Dworakowska provided major contributions into systematics and taxonomy of global fauna of Typhlocybinae subfamily of leafhoppers.[1] Publishing since the late 60s she described many genera and species new to the science.[3] [4] In her earlier works she revised difficult genera of the Western Palaearctic such as Eupteryx, Eurhadina and Kybos. Later publications are focused on Oriental and Ethiopian regions.[1]

Dworakowska has authored a large number of genera[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] and is known for unusual names she coined, such as Yakuza, Dziwneono (pl: it is strange), Kropka (pl: a dot), Koperta (pl: envelope) or Niedoida (pl: niedojda - duffer).[10]

As a name authority she is cited as Dworakowska.

Legacy

Two genera have been named in tribute to her: Dworakowskaia[11] and Irenaneura.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ingrid Kammerlander, Herbert Nickel. The Auchenorrhyncha of Central Europe = Die Zikaden Mitteleuropas. 2003. Brill. 90-04-12895-6. Leiden. 52557622.
  2. 1991 Annual Report. Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. 1992.
  3. Dietrich, CH; Dmitriev, DA (2005). Polyphyletic Origin of the New World Erythroneurini (Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). I: Abstracts of talks and posters, 12th International Auchenorrhyncha Congress, 6th International Workshop on Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Economic Significance. University of California, Berkeley.
  4. Huang, M; Zhang, Y. A new leafhopper genus Comahadina Huang and Zhang (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) and a key to genera of Eupteryx-complex. Zootaxa 2353: 65–68 (2010).
  5. Web site: Tribe Erythroneurini Young, 1952. Dmitry A. Dmitriev. 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. 2021-05-17.
  6. Web site: Tribe Typhlocybini Kirschbaum, 1868. Dmitry A. Dmitriev. 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. 2021-05-17.
  7. Web site: Tribe Dikraneurini McAtee, 1926. Dmitry A. Dmitriev. 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. 2021-05-17.
  8. Web site: Tribe Empoascini Distant, 1908. Dmitry A. Dmitriev. 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. 2021-05-17.
  9. Web site: Tribe Alebrini McAtee, 1926. Dmitry A. Dmitriev. 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. 2021-05-17.
  10. Web site: Naukowa wyobraźnia: Bardzo dziwne "ono". www.focus.pl. 2021-05-16. pl-PL.
  11. I. Chou, Y. Zhang . On the tribe Zyginellini from China (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) . Entomotaxonomia . 4 . 7 . 287–300 . 1985.
  12. Yanghui Cao, Min Huang, Ya-Lin Zhang . Irenaneura, a new leafhopper genus from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), with description of four new species . Zootaxa . 3333 . 58–65 . 2012 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3333.1.5.

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